Sausage and Meatball Lasagna

Wow, have I had a busy couple of weeks. First off, I accepted a job offer for the job that I have been interviewing for. Yay! Of course, this changed my hours at work, which I am still getting acclimated to. What is that famous quote: “Where there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Needless to say, I am embracing the growing pains.

On top of that, we had some old friends come to visit for a long weekend and we toured them all around these parts, trying to give them a nice weekend. As hosts, we like to mix in a lot of quick local adventures, bouncing from here to there, ending it all with relaxing evenings sitting around our table with a few drinks discussing the days events and making plans for the future.

In order, to have that happen without too much of a hassle, I like to make a casserole the day of the arrival of my guests. That way, it will not take much to reheat the dish over the next few nights. This time I made a wonderful lasagna chocked full of Italian sausage and sliced up meatballs. To make it even a little more special, a day ahead, I made a double batch of homemade tomato sauce to use in the lasagna. It was delicious and the weekend went off without a hitch.

Preheat oven to 375. In bowl, combine beaten eggs, ricotta cheese and TWO cups of the mozzarella cheese and parmesan. Mix in the fresh oregano and basil. Set aside. In a 13X9 pan, spread 1 cup of sauce on bottom of pan.

Layer in the order, 4 uncooked lasagna noodles (they will overlap), then 1/2 part of the ricotta cheese mixture, half the meat, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, and 1 cup of spaghetti sauce.

Next layer, 4 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1/2 part of the ricotta cheese mixture, remained meat, and 1 1/2 Cups sauce.

Thanks. Yes, chorizo would work. It would bring in an earthy flavor with the cumin. You could probably leave out the basil, bring in more oregano and add 2-3cloves garlic to the ricotta mixture to enhance that type of sausage. Sounds delicous to me. Mmmmmm……

So happy for you …your new job -Congratulations..
Something I have never done – lasagna with meatballs and sausage – although I understand that costs are a very tasteful combination. In principle the meatballs is minced meat too. Thanks so much for this post.

Yaaay for the job! That’s exciting. Your lasagna is gorgeous. And I will vouch for your tomato sauce. If anyone has questions send them my way! I use that recipe you posted all the time! Glad you’ve been busy in such a happy, fulfilling way :)

Thank you. The two cheeses that would be good substitutes in this case would be fromage blanc or cottage cheese. Fromage blanc would be similar in texture, slightly saltier, but less fat. If you sub with cottage cheese, don’t add the eggs. Hope this helps.